"Akatsuki…"
At the entrance of Yugakure, Yondaime Raikage's expression froze, he remembered!
'There is indeed such a letter, but…'
Yondaime Raikage's face suddenly turned ugly.
As a Shinobi Village that advocates military expansion, Kumogakure paid close attention to the situation of the other Four Great Shinobi Villages. Among them, Iwagakure often appears with the Missing-nin organization called Akatsuki.
According to the intelligence obtained by Kumogakure, this Akatsuki is essentially a mercenary organization for war. It often accepts Onoki's employment to complete various dangerous missions, and make huge profits from it… Even A, who is the Yondaime Raikage, would envy such huge profits!
Therefore, he paid close attention to this organization and had sent out many spies to gather intelligence on Akatsuki. Unfortunately, the leader and members of this organization are too mysterious. Apart from confirming that they are all Missing-nin, all other information was blank!
But what could be confirmed was that this organization was indeed just a mercenary organization for war, so after Yondaime Raikage received Minato's letter, he just threw it away.
What collects all nine Biju, what destroys Five Great Shinobi Villages, what rebuilds the order of the Shinobi World, is this what a mercenary organization for war should do?
Yondaime Raikage snort disdainfully, not believing a single punctuation mark of it!
"Namikaze Minato, I also know a little about Akatsuki's information, so please be mindful of your identity and don't try to fool me with such foolish lies!" Yondaime Raikage glared at Minato, as if saying: Hmph, trying to deceive me, you're still too naive!
Minato frowned slightly at this: 'This is not good, A doesn't believe me at all.'
'What should I do?'
He turned his head and looked towards the scheming Kanpū.
Kanpū showed innocent look: 'What are you looking at me for? I don't know anything.'
Fortunately, at this moment, Shikaku stepped forward and said loudly: "Yondaime Raikage-dono, since we both have our own share of intelligence about Akatsuki, I think it's necessary for us to find a quiet place to have in-depth communication about Akatsuki. What do you think?"
'It's a quiet place again…' Yondaime Raikage looked at Minato and his group suspiciously: 'Why do they always want to go to a quiet place with me?'
As his gaze swept over someone, his pupils contracted, and his expression froze: 'Shisui of the Body Flicker?'
'Uchiha Clan's strongest Genjutsu User…'
'So that's how it is!'
'I understand!!'
'No wonder they have repeatedly proposed to go to a quiet place. They must want to distract my attention with Genjutsu first, and then Namikaze Minato and Gekko Kanpū will join forces to kill me!'
'Despicable Konoha's Shinobi!'
Upon learning the 'truth', Yondaime Raikage quickly guides his Chakra to flow in his Chakra Pathway at an extremely fast speed, so as to prevent being affected by Shisui's Genjutsu.
At the same time, he shouted loudly: "If you have anything to say, just say it here!"
"Yondaime Raikage-dono are not afraid, right?" Shikaku laughed and joked.
"Bastard, stop joking around, who do you think you are?!" Yondaime Raikage exploded in anger, and the Chakra that was already rapidly circulating in his body instantly burst, roaring like thunder and transforming into a lightning armor bursting out.
Seeing this, Shikaku winked at Minato.
The latter nodded with a smile and took a step forward, then said: "A, just the two of us!"
'Just two of us?'
"Since Yondaime Hokage is so earnest, I'll agree!" Yondaime Raikage decisively followed down the steps, then turned and entered the village.
Minato smiled softly and followed.
"Nothing will happen, right?" Watching Minato's silhouette gradually disappeared into the Kumogakure's army, Shisui was a little uneasy.
"Don't worry." Kanpū patted his shoulder with a relaxed expression.
With just this lineup, not to mention Minato, even him can easily escape.
"Let's find a place to rest." Shikaku suggested, "The exchange between the two Kage probably won't be resolved in a short while."
With that, the three of them found a shady spot nearby and sat down.
Kanpū looked around and found that it was not three people, but four people.
Shikuro, who could lower her presence when standing next to a big shot, spoke up: "Shikaku, how do you think this Kumogakure's disturbance will end?"
Shikaku stroked his chin and said: "Most likely, it won't escalate into a fight."
"Why?" Shisui asked curiously.
"Before we arrived, there were fewer than a thousand Shinobi on our side at the border. It was the perfect opportunity for Kumogakure to invade, but they didn't take action in the end."
Shikaku explained with a smile, "Now, with Yondaime-sama personally leading the army here, if Kumogakure wanted to invade again, it will not be worth the loss."
Kanpū approached and asked solemnly: "Shikaku-sama, may I ask what made Kumogakure hesitate to invade before you arrived?"
"Well…" Shikaku hadn't really thought about it. He looked towards Kanpū and saw that the latter was shamelessly pointing at himself.
Hehe…
Shikaku stretched lazily and lay down on the grass, gazing at the blue sky and white clouds.
Kanpū was aggrieved by this.
'What's wrong with praising me?'
'Will you die?'
'It's too much!'
...
Yugakure's administrative building.
Minato followed Yondaime Raikage to a spacious office. After closing the door, the two began to exchange information about the Akatsuki.
As they exchanged, their conversation escalated into an argument.
The sounds of smashing objects, thunderous explosions, whistling winds, and continuous wall cracking could be heard from inside.
It wasn't until the sun set that Minato walked out of the office.
Leaving the building, there were thousands of Kumogakure's Shinobi outside.
Minato walked out without any change in expression, his powerful and confident demeanor forced a spacious 'path' between the Kumogakure's Shinobi. He smiled and slowly left.
...
After Minato left, several Kumogakure's higher-ups rushed to find Yondaime Raikage. Ignoring the dismal state of the office, they asked nervously: "Yondaime-sama, how is it? Did Yellow Flash agree to release Killer B?"
Yondaime Raikage shook his head sullenly: "Minato insists that Konoha didn't kidnap B!"
"What?!"
"Bastard, do they want to go to war with us?"
"Yondaime-sama, it's time to show Konoha our strength!"
"Let's go to war!!"
Most of the current Kumogakure's higher-ups were promoted by Yondaime Raikage and were primarily war hawks. So after hearing what happened, they couldn't hold back and wanted to order an attack to invade the Land of Fire!
Of course, among this group of Kumogakure's higher-ups, there were still a few from the previous administration who said: "Yondaime-sama, invading now wouldn't be favorable for us. The Yellow Flash's reputation is too great."
"Yeah, and the Shinobi named Gekko Kanpū you asked Iyun to investigate before seems to be very terrifying too!"
"In terms of high-level combat power, we're at a disadvantage."
"Enough!" Yondaime Raikage interrupted them sternly, "Let me have some peace!"
After sending away the Kumogakure's higher-ups, Yondaime Raikage walked onto the rooftop alone.
With things having developed to this point, regardless of whether Yondaime Raikage believed Minato's words that Killer B was really captured by Akatsuki, there were only two options before him: Either retreat or invade.
If it were before, he would have chosen to invade without hesitation. After all, Kumogakure has developed for so many years, and its strength was extraordinary. But now, he hesitated.
Because just like some of his men said, their peak combat power is indeed too limited!
If Kumogakure were to engage in war with Konoha, Yondaime Raikage is confident that he can block one Yellow Flash, but who would deal with Kanpū?
He knew Kanpū's terrifying abilities were not inferior to those of the Yellow Flash. No, on the battlefield, he might even surpass him!
Because Kanpū can create one hundred shadow clones at once!
And this might not even be his limit!
Imagine, a hundred, or even several hundred Shinobi who mastered Flying Thunder God Technique, possessed Kekkei Genkai, and were skilled in Konoha-Style Kenjutsu and Five-Attributes Ninjutsu, stood together on the battlefield. What a terrifying sight that would be!
Yondaime Raikage, who had never been inferior to anyone, hesitated.